Japan Press Weekly

Not the existing political parties but the ‘two major parties’ are to blame

Can we no longer rely on existing political parties? The answer is “Yes.” The one to blame is not the established parties but the “two major party system” consisting of the Democratic Party of Japan and the Liberal Democratic Party.

  US should stop developing new type of nuclear weapons

U.S. President Barack Obama proclaimed soon after he was elected that he would seek to achieve “a world free of nuclear weapons”. However, he is now putting forward a policy that allows the U.S. to keep possessing “safe, reliable, and efficient” nuclear weapons as long as nuclear weapons exist in the world.

Solve Senkaku issue through diplomatic negotiations: Shii talks with China’s ambassador

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo held talks with Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo and called for the need to solve the issue of the Senkaku Islands through calm and rational diplomatic negotiations.

Not the existing political parties but the ‘two major parties’ are to blame

All 5 LDP presidential candidates are money tainted

Noda reelected as DPJ leader

Political parties’ attitudes toward TPP

Gov’t safety declaration on Osprey arouses people’s anger

US Osprey training not conducted in US

Osprey to fly over habitats of endangered species

Japan-US secret pact lies behind Osprey deployment

Local citizens protest US Ospreys’ test flights

Video streaming website features JCP on live program

This week’s JCP international activities

Majority prefers gov’t to focus on relief for people in need of public assistance

Clean-up of radioactivity slow in Fukushima

Regulations for NPPs had no teeth: NSC head

Noda Cabinet postpones approving ‘zero’-nuclear policy

New nuclear regulation agency lined with nuclear promoters

 US should stop developing new type of nuclear weapons

US nuclear test arouses protests from various organizations

Solve Senkaku issue through diplomatic negotiations: Shii talks with China’s ambassador

JCP urges gov’t to settle Senkaku dispute through diplomacy